FSDYT Note's:
First thing I want to be known is that the time skips in this story are very much built in to it's structure, there is no getting around it.
Now yes they will stop happening very soon so just please hang on and bare with me as they provide a (skip over) to the story which is based in a time zone cannon didn't fully cover yet I myself want to do a rendition on and not totally be horrible but insightful, with figuring out some lore and opinions on events that happened.
Another thing to address that has come up is the non-appearance of Hashirama or Madara.
I assure you that they will appear as they and many others are apart of this story as well as the third asked person: Naruto. Yeah he is around too! Just read and watch out for him.
DAY LATER| UZUSHIOGAKURE
"We have a problem Uzumaki-sama" hurriedly began the man.
The village head looked up from his scroll he was reading to see one of his clansmen and a Ryoudoin clansmen standing sternly in his office.
His eyes immediately trailed over the men in his presence. Both were armored, not at first a noticeable thing except usually only his clan members of the warrior class of his clan could be seen in the village wearing their traditional blue armor in plain sight. Yet before him with a large scroll on his back and a breast plate upon his chest was a grey haired warrior of the puppet using Ryoudoin clan.
He knew immediately there was a problem.
"Speak quickly" he ordered as he stood from his desk and opened one of it's drawers that were filled with rolled up scrolls.
"Sir, there are intruders on the southern part of the nation. Apparently they have sneaked past the whirlpools is what the scouts have said"
The village head stopped piling scrolls on his desk as he heard those words.
"They what?!" he asked disbelievingly.
"Apparently they were able to navigate the tides and from the scout's reports, efficiently got past our defenses but could not evade our detection. The scouts did not engage the intruders but the path in which the intruders are taking suggest they are heading to the capital. One of our scouts said that the party had four legged animals with them. . . An others had lavender eyes that had no pupils but they were all masked so we are a bit unsure on who they could truly be. Though we have confirmation on their numbers being above forty individuals maybe more."
In a flurry of robes the man's once white and dark blue long kimono covered in a outer robe sunk down towards the ground to show the man clad in blue armor of his clan except he only wore the clan's blue Whirlpool emblem breastplate without arm or leg guards. As his limbs were covered in black cloths that hung slightly off of him.
Gathering up the many scrolls off his desk the man hurriedly began searching his desk for a satchel in which he threw the scrolls in to then slung over his back.
He looked to the men before him with all seriousness as he said "They are going after our Daimyo. A full frontal assassination. I expect they will be setting many traps as they make their way there and might be just the first wave or a diversion for a attack on the village. The Daimyo only has a few hundred samurai protecting the palace and only a handful of our ninja there. So I must go to intercept the men before they even get to her."
Both men nodded understanding the situation as they were ready to take orders.
"Ryoudoin-san tell your clan to meet up with mine and inform my clan's elder of the situation after my clan and yours has at least a ready force of two hundred men at the checkpoints of the village to watch out for intruders. Then have your clan head on watch in the command of the detection force."
The grey haired man nodded then went up in a cloud of smoke to pass on the orders.
"Now you, go and alert the Tomoko clan and tell them to mobilize eighty of their members to move out as a interception force with me at the east gate. Also inform the Fuuma clan head to meet with me and twenty of his members at the east gate to intercept the intruders. then have a quarter of our warriors began to start a evacuation drill for civilians to the Tomoko clan's mountains if intruders are even detected with in a mile of here."
The man nodded then like his counterpart went up in a plume of smoke.
The village head was left alone in his office as he began to see from the windows the bustling village be throne in to a chaotic storm of ninja moving upon roof tops to carry out orders or mobilize to their designated area.
He admired the speed of the beings who moved so fast to defend the village. But he had not much time to as he knew he had to write out battle plans to intercept the intruders, formulate a battle plan if they in fact did attack the village and capital as a whole like he was suspecting, then he had to even fully go threw strategy to deal with counterattacking and finally even a stand in for him as he left the village as his second in command, was away on a very important mission.
TEA COUNTRY | DAIMYO'S PALACE
The party of four had arrived at their destination with out any trouble except for of course proving their identities to the samurai guard of the palace then immediately going before the daimyo except only one foreigner was allowed to do so.
So the other three had to wait outside of the Daimyo's mansion under the watch of over ten armed samurai.
"Talk about a boring mission. . ." murmured Jiro as he kicked a pebble that accidentally skipped and hit one of the samurai guards in the foot.
Jiro looked up and towards the man who glared at him.
He shrugged not caring as he was very aware of what the samurai thought of the ninja. Even though he was in fact not as much as a murdering mercenary as the ninja on this mainland were.
"I have a bad feeling" spoke Arata looking up at a lone cloud in the sky.
Jiro and Hiro looked over to the staring upwards boy and was a bit confused at why the boy was openly talking to them. He usually did not do such a thing.
"Must be the fish from the boat trip" supplied Jiro
"No it's not that. . ." the boy said feeling a sense of confusion and dread come over him.
The twin brothers watched as they saw the boy become pale. They immediately moved closer to him to check on his health, ignoring the samurai who thought they might be up to something.
'This will be difficult' thought the usually calm man.
His force of a hundred, consisting of the Tomoko clan. The ninja like samurai that used their sword arts more so then they ever did any other technique and known at least in Whirlpool for their quick draw and traditional samurai like values that did incorporate a leniency to ninja.
Combined with the Fuuma clan twenty members here in the contingent group, complimenting the skills of the Tomoko clan with their weapon experts and one of a kind ninjutsu.
The Uzumaki head was very sure the two working together clans could prove victorious on any regular situation.
Unfortunately the situation was not in their favor or normal at all.
Arata the third. Had in fact been able to solve the mystery of who the intruders were and what their capabilities were. They were members of the Hyuga clan and some how teamed together with the Inuzuka clan.
'No wonder they were able to navigate pass the whirlpools. With the byakugan, it supposedly having x-ray vision and all seeing they would be quite efficient in knowing which way the tides were flowing even underneath water. Then the Inuzuka with their fang over fang drilling taijutsu could possibly reverse a current and easily get pass our defense. The only mystery now is why are they here. . . surely they must of been paid to do this.'
Arata the third's thoughts were a buzz but he still kept a strong eye at the enemies in front of him.
They were all looking at each other with a clam edge. It was the calm before the storm and the beginning of a battle.
With narrowed eyes he scanned across the many enemies dressed in black that were before him. He saw the many dogs that accompanied the group and did not miss the tensing of the wolf like dogs that looked ready to attack on order.
Such big dogs of the Inuzuka clan with the instinct to kill and a good sense of everything from sight to smell was big odds against any opponent. Those dogs were like super ninja minus some high powered jutsu that was made up for when they acted with their human partners.
His eyes then gazed upon lavender ones that started to bulge threw the opening on the masks on many of the black clad figures.
They were definitely activating their doujutsu to attack he realized, that would be a even bigger problem. He had to make sure his men acted first. Lest be picked apart by those eyes.
He then saw what was with out a doubt the leader of this attack.
The slender figure stood high inside a tree just a few meters away, as if they were scanning over the battlefield but their head did not move.
He saw the man did not need to move as he had the byakugan. . . Those eyes provided him it seemed a three hundred and sixty degree visage.
Arata the third knew for sure that man needed to be killed. As the leader he would be the clinch pin in this whole attack and with him gone the others would fall. . . right after him.
Now all he had to do was give the orders and the battle would begin.
Quickly clasping his hands together he thought 'Uzumaki Style: Sealing corpse' as yards of cloth that was once tied around his arms now unraveled and raced towards two large dogs.
"I think we should head home" spoke the boy feeling a pang in his chest.
"What?! Shuji-san is still talking to the Tea Daimyo we can't just leave" snorted Jiro wondering what was wrong with the boy. One minute he looked sick but they couldn't do a true assessment of what could be wrong with him as they all had to remain vigilant..
"Shut up squirt and keep your shit together, jeez can't you see we are on a MISSION" warned Jiro with a glare as he saw the boy looking at the exit.
"No. . . something bad is happening" murmured Arata with a frown as he saw the cloud he had been continuously watching start to get smaller and smaller.
Hiro spoke before his brother could "Listen kid I know it's just jitters take a deep breath and keep your wits about you"
Arata nodded but deep down he knew something bad was happening he could just. . . feel it.
He looked back up at the lone cloud in the sky. . . he could see it looked like it was shrinking even faster and with it his sense of life chipped away.
'What could this feeling mean. . . What is going to happen?'
"Reform! The ranks and fall back!" ordered the man as he dodged another volley of kunai.
Several of the whirlpool ninja scattered backwards in a retreating flock as they trusted their leader to watch their back.
The village head was adamant about killing each and every one of the offending intruders that had dare set forth on his home ground and he could feel the tenacity and determination of his men who felt the same as him.
Even if they had taken several loses thanks to the close range taijutsu style of the Hyuga and Inuzuka but the knowledge of the offending party could not fight his force at all when it came to the long range tactics of the Fuuma clan with their weapons spurred the new forming battle plan.
Even the legendary jyuken of the Hyuga in it's long rage form could not give a death blow to a fluidly moving Fuma or a Tomoko clansmen who knocked their attack out of the air with a swipe of their blades full of chakra.
"Getsuuga!" roared a pair that became a drilling vortex of man and dog covered in ferocious winds.
Arata the third, saw the attack coming and didn't fear, with a outward stretch of his arm he pushed chakra threw the cloth encasing his limb and watched it unravel in to the path of the canine and human vortex.
Like a fly caught in a spider's web. The Inuzuka and their dog was soon ensnared by the cloth and it's steel grip by their own twister like motions that worked against them.
The Uzumaki head glared at the wrapped and writhing mess before he made sure to seal the cloth to never be opened again as he saw another opponent was trying to make a easy kill of him.
Even traveling backwards to cover his fellow villagers backs, as much as it inconvenienced him he would make sure no one got past him till everyone was regrouped to go on to a second attack. That was quickly realized too, by the would be opportunist.
"Alright everyone we are ready to go. . ." spoke Shuji but he went silent as he saw his student in the arms of Jiro and Hiro who was panicky running green chakra glowing hands over the slumped boy's body.
"What happened?" he asked coldly walking over to the pair taking off the large scroll he had on his back.
"We don't know Shuji-san one moment he kept talking about going home as he was looking up at the sky the next second he fell to the ground and we can't find out what's wrong with him"
Shuji looked at the samurai around him, sensing around for any foul play but he found none.
"Gather him up we are heading home. . . Just do a assessment of him on the boat we got to get going" the red head commanded as he picked back up the six foot long scroll.
The pair gave swift nods as Hiro lifted Arata gingerly and lay him over his shoulder.
"Let's go" ordered Shuji as he looked up quickly to the sky to see the time then was a bit thrown as he saw a single rain drop fall from the sky.
With a shrug he turned around and began walking.
The battle had turned. Once was a skirmish of two enemies out to destroy each other was now a survival contest that would prove to have no winners even if there were survivors.
The Uzumaki head knew all this and at the same time accepted it. For what was surrounding him in cries of terror, the yelling of techniques, cursing of anguish was battle.
An this battle was wearing him down fast. As was the person he had been battling for what seemed like a eternity was too.
The Hyuga in front of him was proving to be a equal match to his skills, except he was one hundred percent sure that the only reason this battle had lasted so long was because of the man's eyes. As he had already defeated four Hyuga before even getting to this man.
That could only mean this man and his eyes were very skilled as he could see that they were interpreting his moves and seeing his attacks from a distance. The only equalizer he had against such eyes was it's user had to attack him from close range. Such a thing he was aware of as he countered and voided all the man's ranged attacks. No matter how powerful they were.
The Hyuga stared his opponent down. He could tell the man was thinking of a new plan to beat him with. Though such tactic would be destroyed by him as he could see anything the man would do before he did it.
The chakra network of the man was a great give away to how he was going to use the deadly cloth that was wrapped around his arms. That too was easily figured out by the byakugan that saw the many seals layered inside of the cloth and the requirement of the man needing to channel chakra in to the complicated weapon to make it work.
With the power of his byakugan the man looked around the battleground all the while, seemingly keeping a eye on the man before him.
His view was of something he did not want to see. All around the battlefield it seemed his group were being slowly neutralized one by one. Even his Hyuga brethren were falling to the tactics of the overwhelming hailing of weapons the Fuuma sent from their scrolls with deadly accuracy only to be a diversion to the byakugan so one never saw the lying in wait enemy that appeared from behind.
His mind steeled as he knew he must change this. His allies were being picked apart and even the Inuzuka and their dogs perceived instincts were not able to combat the new battle plan of the enemy.
With lavender milky white eyes back focused on the man he prepared to kill their leader. . . fast.
Arata the third watched as the black clad enemy before him got in to a stance. Then with a fluid movement of his arms and legs took on a stand that Arata the third had heard told in old tales.
An was confirming as he heard the man say in a whisper "Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms" causing a blue chakra glow to surround his hands.
The Uzumaki head was not ignorant at all of this severe taijutsu style and it's ability to damage the internal organs and chakra network. With required skill he would beat the style though and his opponent.
Stretching his arms far out in front of him he uncoiled yards of the cloth from his limbs and sent it towards his still in stance opponent.
The Hyuga waited calmly as the cloth started to enshroud him. . . Just like he wanted.
Before long the cloth was but inches from fully encasing him until he turned and let loose a barrage of palm strikes that shredded the cloth like wet paper.
He then began successfully striking and breaking apart the cloth as he moved closer to the red haired man.
The Uzumaki leader saw his cloth for the first time being stripped to pieces by the palm strikes and immediately switched his strategy.
Yanking his arms backwards, tearing the rolls of cloth from his limbs. He did several back flips as he avoided deadly palm strikes from a striking to kill Hyuga.
Landing back on his feet the Uzumaki jumped high as he took to the trees for cover he knew cover, was not there as his opponent stayed on the ground watching him with his x-ray eyes.
Reaching in to his bag for a scroll he took in his hand as he leaped forward in to the direct path of the Hyuga.
The Hyuga unsure of what the man was attempting kept calm as he shifted his stance and sent out chakra blasts in the shape of his palm at the man who fluidly dodged the strikes in mid-air.
With in range now the Uzumaki fully opened his scroll as he landed just a few yards away from his opponent who was about to strike out with a chakra enforced palm.
The man opened his scroll and thought 'Uzumaki Unseal: Water release: Triple Water dragon jutsu'
With tentative eyes the Hyuga saw something he almost thought was a illusion as three fully formed serpentine water dragons escaped from the scroll and came at him with watery mouths full of fangs.
Quickly the man expelled chakra from the chakra points of his body, releasing the blue energy he spun creating a protective dome around himself that negated the water dragons that crashed in to his shield forcing him backwards with their power but eventually turned to a swell of splashing water upon the ground.
Sure the attack was over the Hyuga released his jutsu and searched for his opponent.
He did not need to find him as the man and several other identical copies of him rose from the murky water on the ground. Then at once lunged at the man carrying whips of water.
The Hyuga went for another spin as he dodged two of the whips but could not go in to a full spin as one whip made of water caught him on the leg then pulled him to the ground where the other clones began using their whips to restrain the struggling man.
Before long the Hyuga was covered in a wrapping of water binding whips.
One by one the water made clones disappeared until only one was left holding a long whip of water in his hand. The red headed man then took out a kunai from his bag and threw it at the head of the black clad Hyuga while keeping the binding water whip tight in his hand.
As if having been bidding his time the Hyuga looked at the kunai speeding towards him before letting loose a blast of chakra that was forced from every chakra point on his body.
Spewing a wave vacuum like chakra from his body and breaking the hold of the water whips on him as well as forcing the kunai from the path of killing him the Hyuga stood freed.
With a charge and hands back glowing blue the Hyuga attacked the Uzumaki with a palm thrust but was blocked and went for a kick but was again blocked by a kunai the red head pulled from his bag quickly then struck out with and missed.
The pair then began a match of strength as the gentle fist style was negated with the fluid motion of the Uzumaki who would not let a palm or anything touch him.
The match of strength lasted but a few minutes as it was soon broken by the Hyuga who jumped back when he saw the Uzumaki pull another scroll from his satchel.
Again the Uzumaki gripped the scroll prepared to open it but was stopped as he had to dodge a leg sweep from behind from another person he immediately knew as he back flipped and saw the glowing hands was another Hyuga.
Now between the Hyugas the Uzumaki man knew he was in a serious problem as he saw the Hyuga to his left nod to the one to his right.
He then heard both the Hyuga mutter "Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven" before both in sync began to spin and release chakra.
In a flash both Hyuga's had emitted a blinding blue dome of chakra that trapped the Uzumaki between the pair before getting bigger to the point the red headed man was shrouded by the Hyuga's technique.
Goro Fuuma, clan head of the Fuuma. Had just slashed down his ninth ninja dog and was quickly racing threw the battle ground of trees to his next opponent when he felt a large release of chakra and what was his friend's Arata Uzumaki's chakra signature drop significantly.
Hurriedly he raced to the aid of his friend, past battles he knew meant little to him since it was very obvious and had been for a while now the ninja of whirlpool would win this skirmish.
When he got to the last spot he felt his friend's chakra drop at he was horrified to see his friend was alive but was about to be hit with a Hyuga palm strike as he tried to stand from the ground.
With no time to spare Goro gripped the Fuuma shuriken in his hand tight then spun as he threw the weapon at the man who dared try to kill his friend.
He did not wait to see if his attack would hit as he raced right behind the weapon to his friend's rescue.
He got there just in time as he saw the Hyuga jump back dodging his weapon but not the fist he gave to the black clad figure that forced him in to the air.
"Goro! Watch out for the second one" warned the red headed man as he barely was able to get to his feet.
The Fuuma head nodded hearing his friend's words and was not surprised as he felt the earth below him erupt.
Jumping upwards he avoided a palm strike from the hidden Hyuga but could not avoid the sudden one he got from a Hyuga who appeared above him over his head, somehow the same one he had sent in to the air, having not yet to come down from gravity.
The Hyuga's hand thrust with a ton of force in to Goro's chest destroying his mesh armor and forcing chakra in to his heart.
In his final moments, Goro as his body went slack growled as he recalled his giant shuriken in it's boomerang like fashion; it was known to take, but few knew it was the work of chakra threads or a simple ninja wire.
In this case it was ninja wire he pulled on and got a small bit of satisfaction from as he saw the sharp metal come back to him one last time and glide threw the unsuspecting body of the Hyuga below him slicing him in to halves.
Arata the third, watched all this in silent pain as he saw his friend die by the hands that were meant for him then fall slumped to the blood stained earth. And even in his death he still took one of the Hyuga with him.
He would honor his friend by killing the last one he saw falling to the ground.
Yes the last one he noticed was in fact the one that had interrupted his battle from before. The last one he was sure any minute like his leader would be running low on chakra. . . .
A second past as the Hyuga finally landed on the ground in a rough fall but stood back up.
Arata the third looked the interferer in his eyes as he saw it happen. Just like what had happened to his tired leader. . . The byakugan finally deactivated due to lack of chakra.
The Hyuga's eyes narrowed just slightly as he saw the slackened and tired stance of the Uzumaki. He then slowly took a step back.
Arata the third saw the step and shook his head then spoke as he reached in his bag "You are not escaping. You come here to attack my country then kill my friend. An then proceeded to think you could retreat?! Even as banged up as I am I can still kill you easily"
The Hyuga looked at the scroll then turned away as he was sure the Uzumaki could not open it. He had seen the damage done to the red head by the dual eight trigrams revolving heaven technique. The man's leg was unnaturally twisted with exposed bones. As was his left arm. How ever the man was standing on pure will or maybe adrenaline the Hyuga did not know. . . but he was sure, the man would not be able to give chase to him.
The Uzumaki saw the man still trying to flee as he went in to a sprint. He would make sure the man never got far. Looking down at the scroll he saw that it was the one he needed. This jutsu he could do; there would be no consequences as he knew all of his men were no where near his direction.
He then unrolled it slowly with his mouth and only working hand. Channeling his last little bit of chakra to unseal the scroll he thought the name of the technique to unleash it. 'Uzumaki Unseal: Water Release: Grand cutting Wave Jutsu!'
The scroll immediately let lose a typhoon of water as if a gigantic dam had burst, the water then formed to the shape of a edged blade as it stormed towards the back of the Hyuga, then hit the man with concussive force. Slamming him in to tree after tree while knocking down almost half the forest.
Arata the third, out of chakra fell to the ground with a moan as he began to feel the pain of his injuries.